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Official Announcement | Anmei Overseas Warehouse Officially Becomes an Amazon SPN Logistics Service Provider!

Maruti Suzuki Exports Rose 59.3% in October Despite Shipping Strain

India’s largest carmaker shipped 49,872 vehicles overseas even as routes through the Strait of Hormuz faced disruptions.

News in Brief Podcast | Week 43 | Reliability, rates and port fee delay

How reliable is container shipping right now, and what are the biggest factors impacting on-time performance? This week on News in Brief, Xeneta Chief Analyst Peter Sand joins us to unpack the latest schedule reliability data, explore how d

Borderlands Mexico: Cabotage enforcements threatening cross-border trucking

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Cabotage enforcements threatening cross-border trucking; Nuevo León slashes Colombia Bridge toll fees 50% to boost cross-border trucking; and Walmart plans $400M distribution center near San Antonio, creatin

Freight cycles are anything but regular

We call them freight cycles, but the term implies a regularity the data doesn’t support. Since 2000, the domestic transportation market’s turns have looked less like clockwork and more like a series of random shocks The post Freight cycles

CNBC: Stock market rocked as investors dump tech shares

CNBC reports: The Nasdaq Composite tumbled on Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average outperformed as traders moved out of key stocks related to artificial intelligence and into more defensive areas of the market. The tech-heavy Nasd

Rail Rivalry: Schneider’s Bold Move to Norfolk Southern from CSX

Schneider is making a monumental shift in its intermodal operations, moving all eastern rail business from CSX to Norfolk Southern. This strategic partnership aims to unlock significant growth, enhance capacity flexibility, and drive more f

Unexpected Boom: Trailer Leasing Demand Hits Record Highs

The trailer market is experiencing an unexpected surge, with utilization rates surpassing even pandemic levels. Craig Barth, CFO at Premier Trailer Leasing, breaks down why this supply-side driven boom is happening, the shift in demand for

SAIA’s Record $982.5M Q3 Revenue | What’s Next?

SAIA President & CEO Fritz Holgrefe breaks down the company’s impressive third-quarter earnings, including record revenue and significant improvements in customer satisfaction and claims ratios. Discover how strategic network investments an

TFI chief Bedard rips into its US LTL operations, promises change

Alain Bedard, the CEO of TFI International, had been highly critical of his company’s U.S. LTL operations back in 2024, at one point referring to some of its practices as “stupid.” As recently as April, he was far more optimistic about the

Beverage Distribution: Why Your SKU Count is Crushing Productivity

SKU proliferation has made beverage distribution a logistical nightmare. Zac Boehm, Chief Automation Officer at Hy-Tek Intralogistics, breaks down how their innovative automation systems, High-Sync and High-Flow, tackle the challenges of ri

Arkansas truck blitz nets 183 English violations, 44 arrests in 48 hours

A two-day Arkansas trucking enforcement blitz resulted in 183 English-language proficiency violations, 44 criminal arrests and 74 immigration violations. The post Arkansas truck blitz nets 183 English violations, 44 arrests in 48 hours appe

European postal operators gear up for surge in holiday volume

Posten Bring in Norway and Deutsche Post in Germany are beefing up locker networks and taking other steps to ensure smooth delivery service for the holidays. The post European postal operators gear up for surge in holiday volume appeared fi

How Worldwide Express automated freight exceptions with Amazon Bedrock

Worldwide Express automated its less-than-truckload freight billing-exception process with a multi-agent solution built on Amazon Bedrock. Six months after launch, the company cut active exceptions by 75%, improved time-to-cash by four week

Covenant Logistics CEO expects double-digit truckload rate hikes in 2027

Covenant Logistics CEO David Parker expects another year of substantial truckload contract rate increases in 2027. The post Covenant Logistics CEO expects double-digit truckload rate hikes in 2027 appeared first on FreightWaves.

Jett McCandless named first FreightTech Vanguard Award winner at F3

Jett McCandless, founder and CEO of project44 and LSP44, received the first FreightTech Vanguard Award at FreightWaves’ F3 Awards Dinner in Chattanooga, recognizing his contributions to logistics technology and innovation. The post Jett McC

Safety Technology Is Only as Good as the Trust Behind It

Every carrier with a safety technology program eventually learns the same lesson: the hardware is the easy part. Cameras can be mounted, collision mitigation can be specified on new tractors, and telematics can be switched on. What’s harder

USDA to fund 8 fertilizer manufacturing projects totaling more than $1.3B

The agency said the projects will add production capacity to drive prices lower and reduce the nation’s reliance on nutrients from other countries.

UPS aims to double RFID-labeled volume from customer locations

The carrier expects 6 million packages a day will benefit from the offering in 2027, increasing shipper visibility in the process, CEO Carol Tomé said.

Mexico truckers halt protests, demand action on deadly highway crime

Mexican trucking leaders have temporarily suspended their nationwide strike but say negotiations must produce measurable improvements in highway security. The post Mexico truckers halt protests, demand action on deadly highway crime appeare

Walmart plans $400M Texas distribution center

The retailer expects to break ground on the more than 744,000-square-foot facility in Cibolo this February.

Newbuildings head for Asia-Latin America trades as volumes boom

Deliveries in the past week have been primarily deployed to services between the Far East and Latin America, highlighting growing volumes on these trades. Alphaliner noted that Imabari Shipbuilding completed the 13,932 teu ONE Symphony that

Aurora reaffirms it’s on track to produce more than 1000 trucks in 2027

Aurora reported a $257 million operating loss on $3 million in revenue and cut its full-year forecast The post Aurora reaffirms it’s on track to produce more than 1000 trucks in 2027 appeared first on FreightWaves.

Schneider partners with Norfolk Southern; raises outlook despite Q3 miss

Alongside its slightly worse-than-expected third-quarter report on Thursday, Schneider National announced a deal to utilize Norfolk Southern’s rail network in the East. The post Schneider partners with Norfolk Southern; raises outlook despi